BLAIR AVENUE, 2900 BLOCK: A 32-year-old Fort Smith man told police a man he knew hit him several times in the back of the head with the butt of a handgun, according to a police report.

ILLEGAL DRUGS

RUSSELL DEGRAW, 52, OF SULPHUR, Okla., was arrested during a traffic stop near Towson Avenue and South R Street on suspicion of felony possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a police report.

OTHER INCIDENTS/ARRESTS

MANDY KAY BATT, 31, OF FORT SMITH was arrested at Walmart, 2425 Zero St., on suspicion of felony theft by receiving and furnishing prohibited articles into the Sebastian County Adult Detention Center, according to a police report.

FIRES

135 PERTH COURT, 2:20 A.M. FRIDAY: A fire was reported at a duplex. Firefighters believe a fire in a fireplace at one of the units spread from the chimney to the roof of the structure. Battalion Chief Phil Christensen estimated the damage at $120,000. The other unit of the duplex was not damaged. None of the occupants was injured, but one firefighter complained of back pain from extinguishing the flames, Christensen said.